Pope Francis: ‘Christianity Is Becoming Irrelevant’

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Pope Francis used his Christmas message to claim Christianity is becoming "increasingly irrelevant" in the West.

Far-left globalist Pope Francis has used his Christmas message to attack conservative Christians, accusing them of creating a ‘minefield‘ of hate and misunderstanding, while boasting that Christianity is becoming ‘increasingly irrelevant‘ in the West.

The head of the Catholic church, who ordered his followers to stop proselytizing earlier this year, spoke candidly to cardinals, bishops, priests and members of staff in the Sala Clementina in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican on Saturday as he also told them that Christianity has been superseded in influence by other religions.

Today we are no longer the only ones that produce culture, no longer the first nor the most listened to,’ said Pope Francis, who was the first pontiff to host Islamic prayer recitals in the Vatican.

The faith in Europe and in much of the West is no longer an obvious presumption but is often denied, derided, marginalized and ridiculed.’ 

Here we have to beware of the temptation of assuming a rigid outlook.

Rigidity that is born from fear of change and ends up disseminating stakes and obstacles in the ground of the common good, turning it into a minefield of misunderstanding and hatred.’

The papacy has been rocked by historical sex abuse claims and financial scandals this year.

POPE SLAMS TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANITY: ‘TRADITION IS NOT STATIC’

And the Pope’s leadership has been challenged after he called for married men to be ordained as priests, and was seen with a ‘pagan’ statue of a pregnant woman while in the Amazon.

He recalled, as he has in the past, that people who take rigid positions are usually using them to mask their own problems, scandals or ‘imbalances‘.

Rigidity and imbalance fuel one another in a vicious circle,’ he said. ‘And these days, the temptation to rigidity has become so apparent.’ 

Pope Francis’ message appeared aimed at conservative and traditionalist Catholics, including within the Vatican Curia, who have voiced increasing opposition to his progressive-minded papacy. 

Traditionalist Catholics have denounced Francis’ emphasis on mercy and openness to doctrinal wiggle room on issues such as sacraments for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics. 

They also sharply criticised his recent synod on the Amazon, which called for the ordination of married men as priests, and what they considered pagan worship of an Amazonian statue of a pregnant woman that was featured during the meeting.

Francis has defended his outlook and priorities as a reflection of the Gospel, and the axium that the true tradition of the church is one of a discerned path of change.

Tradition is not static, it’s dynamic,’ he said today.

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry is a writer at The People's Voice. He covers politics, business and entertainment. Speaking truth to power since he learned to talk, Baxter has travelled in over 80 countries and won arguments in every single one. Live without fear.
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8 Comments

  1. The jesuits were only ever formed because after the murdering thieving Spanish Borgias were Pope the Vatican legally forbade any other Spaniard to ever be Pope again The Jesuit’s always hated the Christians Always

  2. Not sure how people still identify as Catholic. You have to have no knowledge of the bible to believe anything this guy, or the prior hundreds of popes before him has said. Rome and the Popes have the deaths of hundreds of millions of true Christians on their hands, the so called “heretics” they put to death

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